Bill Sachio Sumi

AKA: Sachio Bill Sumi
Released
Date of birth:26. 03. 1919
Date of death:30. 01. 1982
Age:62† Deceased
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
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Biography

Bill Sachio Sumi was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being confined at Heart Mountain during World War II, he was prosecuted for refusing military conscription and imprisoned at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act — Heart Mountain draft resistance
Arrested: Apr 7, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Released: July 1946
Sentence: 3 years imposed. Served time at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. Released in July 1946.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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